Hunter S. Thompson - The Gonzo Tapes:The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Free Music Review: Audio notes to the Heart of the American Dream
Hit: 5 Stars
The Gonzo Tapes are the notes Hunter was taking so he could compose his works. Discussions with members of the Hell's Angels, the "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" recordings of people, phone calls, descriptions of everything. I find when I listen, I can visualize the reality of the world, as Hunter saunters through it. These are like home movies, sans the video percentage. Not for the casual fan. Serious fans of Dr. Thompson should absolutely check these recordings out.Free Music Review: CONSUMMATE GONZO
Hit: 5 Stars
As a fan of Hunter for over 25 years (and not yet 40), this is an addition to the collection that any true fan would be proud to add to their collection. Simply upon receipt, the joy I felt was almost immeasurable; the further one delves into the recordings, the more of an actual bond is felt with the good Doctor through his own musings & observations about politics, society, & simply his own creative process. Highly, highly recommended to any true fan of HST.Free Music Review: HST Collector's Dream
Hit: 5 Stars
Just buy it. Do yourself a favor. The Hells Angels disc alone is well worth the price...Free Music Review: For a specific audience only!
Hit: 4 Stars
This item is very difficult to rate, as some will love it and most will not care for it. Do not buy this item unless you are a serious Gonzophile who is interested in Hunter's actual process in creating stories, as well as getting some insight into the realities of his life.
Do not buy it if you expect lots of gonzo bad craziness on the tapes: The Vegas portions are pretty pedestrian. Even when he is stoned, you are not experiencing the powerful internal experience; you are listening to it from the outside, and it can sound somewhat tired. You do get a couple interesting hints about how much was real and what really happened, but you have to listen carefully. This is Hunter Thompson the person, not Raoul Duke the personna.
As this is raw material, the sound quality can be really bad sometimes. Music and other conversations can occasionally make it really hard to hear.
You will hear a drug-wrecked Thompson totally incapacitated and useless in Kinsasha, and what he says in Cozumel in 1973 will definitely surprise you. The Politics book period is strangely absent, a shame because for me that was the period where his writing went from brilliant to chaotic.
I found the great hell of being a famous writer shown too often: everyone tries to tell you what your story is. Acosta does it in Vegas and Acapulco (it was eventually the reason for their falling-out), Wenner does it on the Vegas book, and Gloria Emerson goes to great length to put her Fear and Loathing in Saigon concept into him before he goes (the problem is that you cannot elogize the history of a place where you have never been).
The "Guts Ball" section will show pretty clearly why brainstorming a novel on mushrooms is a bad idea, and the Freud Cocaine self-test did not sound like any fun at all.
You will not find out how Hunter got that terrific prose style and those sharp insights onto the page. Both are basically absent from the tapes. The best part of Hunter came when it was just him and his Selectric, and the tape player wasn't running then.
So buy this if you are an aficionado seeking insight into the reality of Hunter Thompson, the kind of aficionado who read his letters collections and liked the Gonzo book of photos. Honestly, the joy of Hunter Thompson is in his writing, and most people would probably be happiest with his major works.
Free Music Review: The method behind the Gonzo madness
Hit: 4 Stars
This multi-disc collection spans roughly ten years, documenting the body of Thompson's reporting from the Hell's Angels through the Vietnam War. As mentioned by others, some of these recordings are poor in quality as they were made "in the moment" as Thompson inserted himself directly into the action. However, the rawness of this first-person perspective appealed to me as it seemed fitting for Hunter's style. In addition to serving as a record for Thompson's composition method, it sadly, in my opinion, illustrates his personal decline from the hungry young writer of the 1960s to the drug-induced Gonzo personae he developed in the 1970s. For the diehard HST fan, this set provides a revealing look into not only how he worked, but other insights as well - including a glimpse into his often-strained relationship with Oscar Acosta, a major influence in the composition of "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." An excellent companion to the Hunter Thompson letters books. The Gonzo Tapes:The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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